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PinkandBlue: This is the last reply you will hear from meSTOP SENDING ME MESSAGES. It's not only crazy but completely rude to all the people who comment about the actual subject matter in the posts.YOU NEED TO SEE A psychiatrist and tell him about your delusions.

I'm serious about sending the cops again. If I get one message from you I will take their advice and do what they warned you I could do.

There's a shrinky dink office down the road from me. To me, I can find it funny thinking about what average people go in there for. I picture invisible name tags with descriptions upon entering. I get these George Michael fan e-mail notifications on "special" occasions. Apparently, "he has anxiety and has cancelled quite a few tour dates." I'm not familiar with the true essence of George Liquor. I can picture him being really concerned. There's a difference between being mean and funny. I'm someone who doesn't really know if it's illegal or you need written consent when talking about different Brands. Making people laugh is good! Nowadays, if a child has an issue with their Gay "Parents" what happens? Pills? Psychiatrists used to stick ice picks underneath the eyes for a cure.

I'm still practicing on the inking. Here's another try. I can't seem to get those sharp lines, they still look bubbly. Maybe it's the settings I have in animate pro. Also, I can't see the clean rough underneath a layer. If I'm in the camera preview I can see it. But then I go to draw it becomes blurry, so I have to remember how the drawing looks. But any ways, I'll keep practicing.

"If you want to do a test on an actual scene in Toonboom, let me know."

I hope someone will take you up on that , John. That's going to be a whole new level of test.

Inking a real production scene is the only way to really find out if someone has the right stuff to be an animation inker/clean-up artist. To do a good job inking a SINGLE drawing is fine ... but this is animation , so now do it again ... hundreds of times , maintaining consistency of line thickness and line direction on every drawing , with no wobbling/chattering lines.

If any one has ever tried to do this , either on real cels with a pen , or "digital cels" in Toonboom inked on a Cintiq your admiration for the inkers who worked on golden age Hollywood cartoons will go way, way up. Wow, those girls (mostly) were good !

It might be a good next step to try inking a walk cycle , because it would be only about 12 to 16 drawings , which is enough to see if someone has the concentration level and line control to make their inking consistent on multiple drawings , but not so many drawings that it would be an overwhelming amount of drawings to start with.

I really appreciate the digital inking tips you've posted so far and it's great to see people working hard to master the lessons you've posted. If I was a young person wanting to get into animation I'd be all over this. Hope you find a few new "stars" from this process, John.